Affan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 29 babies a year in England and Wales.
Affan by the numbers
In 2025, 29 babies in England and Wales were named Affan. In the US, 34 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 39 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Affan
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Affan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Afnanbranches of a tree20 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arfan8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aidanlittle fire1,738 in the US (2017)
- Ayaangift; blessing; grace from God443 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aryannoble; variant of Arjun151 in England and Wales (2025)
- Allanfair, handsome; variant of Alan301 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Affan
Names that are said the same way as Affan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Affan
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